tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3237610160312318565.post8779597310902279080..comments2015-02-23T17:25:13.152-06:00Comments on Dave Krieg's Strike Beard: You and Whose Army? - My 2001 Seattle Seahawks StoryRamona P. http://www.blogger.com/profile/12287491380049695397noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3237610160312318565.post-29980432447571355442011-09-09T18:24:18.886-05:002011-09-09T18:24:18.886-05:00Ironically enough, I was in Ohio (for work) on 9/1...Ironically enough, I was in Ohio (for work) on 9/11. Kent, Ohio, to be exact. I remember standing in the parking lot of the library where I was supposed to be installing computers and training the staff, wondering where the hell everyone was and getting annoyed, and idly watching a jet far overhead making a long U-turn in the sky to head back east. I remember thinking &quot;What the hell is that clown DOING?&quot;<br /><br />Hours later, of course, I found out that one of the hijacked planes (the one that crashed in PA, I think) had flown west until it was over northern Ohio and then turned around. I&#39;ll never know if it was that actual plane I was watching, or if it was simply a commercial flight being rerouted to the nearest airport in the aftermath of the attacks. Timing is everything in this question, and I wasn&#39;t looking at my watch at that moment.<br /><br />The next few days were a bad haze: KT and her boyfriend and I (who all worked together and were all in the area) drove 2,000 miles back to Seattle, since all commercial flights were grounded. Three days of driving from dawn until dusk. We stopped at Devil&#39;s Tower in Wyoming on the second day, and I snapped a picture of the monolith with a half-mast American flag in the foreground - and a sky completely free of jet trails in the background. I think I started crying at that point. There were a lot of people walking around crying at Devil&#39;s Tower that day.Aaronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02716397987389879836noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3237610160312318565.post-25012102953195835112011-09-09T00:05:28.525-05:002011-09-09T00:05:28.525-05:00A wonderful remembrance. I&#39;ll admit that I was...A wonderful remembrance. I&#39;ll admit that I was a junior in high school when Sept. 11 occurred. I have similar memories of waking up, groggy, to my dad watching CNN&#39;s live coverage after the first plane hit and then being absolutely bewildered watching the second plane hit.<br /><br />Professional football was a fleeting pastime for me at that point. I found my solace in friendships and music.<br /><br />But I do remember the wonderful tributes the NFL put on when football resumed; they were extremely fitting and sensitive to the situation. I&#39;m sure we&#39;ll see a lot of coverage this Sunday, and my biggest hope is that the tributes during football games are not simply hype and are actually tasteful.Samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09952190731310458414noreply@blogger.com